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package javax.print.attribute.standard;

import java.util.Date;

import javax.print.attribute.Attribute;

import javax.print.attribute.DateTimeSyntax;

import javax.print.attribute.PrintJobAttribute;

/**

 * Class DateTimeAtCreation is a printing attribute class, a date-time

 * attribute, that indicates the date and time at which the Print Job was

 * created.

 * <P>

 * To construct a DateTimeAtCreation attribute from separate values of the year,

 * month, day, hour, minute, and so on, use a {@link java.util.Calendar

 * Calendar} object to construct a {@link java.util.Date Date} object, then use

 * the {@link java.util.Date Date} object to construct the DateTimeAtCreation

 * attribute. To convert a DateTimeAtCreation attribute to separate values of

 * the year, month, day, hour, minute, and so on, create a {@link

 * java.util.Calendar Calendar} object and set it to the {@link java.util.Date

 * Date} from the DateTimeAtCreation attribute.

 * <P>

 * <B>IPP Compatibility:</B> The information needed to construct an IPP

 * "date-time-at-creation" attribute can be obtained as described above. The

 * category name returned by <CODE>getName()</CODE> gives the IPP attribute

 * name.

 * <P>

 *

 * @author  Alan Kaminsky

 */

public final class DateTimeAtCreation   extends DateTimeSyntax

        implements PrintJobAttribute {

    private static final long serialVersionUID = -2923732231056647903L;

    /**

     * Construct a new date-time at creation attribute with the given {@link

     * java.util.Date Date} value.

     *

     * @param  dateTime  {@link java.util.Date Date} value.

     *

     * @exception  NullPointerException

     *     (unchecked exception) Thrown if <CODE>dateTime</CODE> is null.

     */

    public DateTimeAtCreation(Date dateTime) {

        super (dateTime);

    }

    /**

     * Returns whether this date-time at creation attribute is equivalent to

     * the passed in object. To be equivalent, all of the following conditions

     * must be true:

     * <OL TYPE=1>

     * <LI>

     * <CODE>object</CODE> is not null.

     * <LI>

     * <CODE>object</CODE> is an instance of class DateTimeAtCreation.

     * <LI>

     * This date-time at creation attribute's {@link java.util.Date Date} value

     * and <CODE>object</CODE>'s {@link java.util.Date Date} value are equal.

     * </OL>

     *

     * @param  object  Object to compare to.

     *

     * @return  True if <CODE>object</CODE> is equivalent to this date-time

     *          at creation attribute, false otherwise.

     */

    public boolean equals(Object object) {

        return(super.equals (object) &&

               object instanceof DateTimeAtCreation);

    }

    /**

     * Get the printing attribute class which is to be used as the "category"

     * for this printing attribute value.

     * <P>

     * For class DateTimeAtCreation, the category is class

     * DateTimeAtCreation itself.

     *

     * @return  Printing attribute class (category), an instance of class

     *          {@link java.lang.Class java.lang.Class}.

     */

    public final Class<? extends Attribute> getCategory() {

        return DateTimeAtCreation.class;

    }

    /**

     * Get the name of the category of which this attribute value is an

     * instance.

     * <P>

     * For class DateTimeAtCreation, the category name is

     * <CODE>"date-time-at-creation"</CODE>.

     *

     * @return  Attribute category name.

     */

    public final String getName() {

        return "date-time-at-creation";

    }

}